Improvement in hay-racks



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOLDSMITH B-ALDVVIN, OF BLUFFTON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-RACKS.

Spceieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,379, dated April 25, 1865.

To /LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GoLDsMrrH BALDWIN, of BluitcmWells county, and State of Ind'- a'ia, have invented a new and useful Improve` ment in Hayfltaeks; and I do hereby declare the following is a i'ull, clear, and exactV description of thc same, reference being had to I the accompanying drawings, making a part'ot this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a hay wagon or rack with my improved binders. Fig. 2 represents an end view of the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresp indin g parts in the drawings.

'My improvement relates to the cla-ss of wa gons for transporting hay, straw, Sac., to markets or any place desirable, whereby it is of great importance to have the load thoroughly bound.

To enable others skilledin the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

Letters A, Figs. 1 and 2, represent a body or rack, with sufficient `number ot stakes placed in it to hold hay, grain, &c. This rack is to be placed on wheels, or may be used on a sled.

Parts marked B in Figs. 1 and 2 represent roLls fastened to the side sills of rack A, ex-

tmding up high enough to reach above any had of hay, straw, or any article desired to be transferred. The upper ends of rods are threaded to admit ot' nuts being put on after binders G are placed to their place.

The advantage of this manner ot binding is that a load of hay or straw, Snc., may be placed around rods B between the rack and rods, and the binders ruiming the entire length on each side of the load and screwed down rmly on top ofthe load makes the thronghoutlyunh form pressure from top to bottom in all parts of the load, therebypreventing the strain on the rack and avoiding the inconvenience to the driver of having a binder-pole in the center ot the load.

I do not Wish to confine myself to the material used in construetilig the rods or binders, as iron or wood screws would answer.

Having thus described my invention, what GO LDSMITH BALDWIN.

Attest THOMAS BUssERT, WM. DoEcEN. 

